Government

Do you think our government should migrate IT systems to the cloud? I really don’t think so. I do trust the cloud technology per say but not enough to put the national security in hands of the cloud no matter what company or companies are managing the cloud environment. When it come to the national …

Zdnet [2011-01-11] – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground last week on what promises to be one of front lines in America’s defense against cyber attack, Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative Data Center. A few details about the construction site: Thousands of new construction jobs, but only a few permanent jobs The facility …

Skype my become illegal in China based on the People’s Daily Online post. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said all VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) phone services are illegal on the Chinese mainland, except those provided by telecommunications carriers China Telecom and China Uniom. The ministry gave no timetable on when the ruling …

Mashable.com (2010-12-29) -Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork for the transition of federal bodies and agencies to use free software, including Linux, by 2015. The 25-point document (available here) outlines specific steps the government must take in order to move off proprietary software and onto free and/or …

Reuters (2010-12-07) – 10 computers which had some sensitive information have been already release to the public. The Office of Inspector General found serious breaches in NASA’s IT security practices that could lead to the improper release of sensitive information related to Space Shuttle and other NASA programs. read more … I think we should pay …